Scrolling with the TrackPoint and middle button (Thinkpads)
Posted: 18. Jul 2021, 02:41
Scrolling with a trackpoint on Thinkpads nowadays works out of the box on most distros but not in all and as we like to hack on our devices as lazy Slackers here is another tip how to make that "nipple" to work.
I only use the pointing device, my touch pad is completely disabled except the three buttons above the track pad. So I prefer to scroll using the trackpoint and pressing the middle button simultaneously. That does not work by default in Salix. Therefor I added another configuration file to
This time I named it:
and it contains this:
After a reboot you will have the ability to scroll using the trackpoint with the middle button.
I only use the pointing device, my touch pad is completely disabled except the three buttons above the track pad. So I prefer to scroll using the trackpoint and pressing the middle button simultaneously. That does not work by default in Salix. Therefor I added another configuration file to
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/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/
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11-evdev-trackpoint.conf
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Section "InputClass"
Identifier "Wheel Emulation"
MatchIsPointer "on"
MatchProduct "TrackPoint"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
Option "EmulateWheel" "on"
EndSection